Improvements in the spatial representation of lakes and reservoirs in the contiguous United States for the National Water Model

Sadiq Khan1,2, Fernando Renzo Salas3, Kevin Michael Sampson4, Laura K Read5, Brian A Cosgrove6, Zhe Li1,7 and David J Gochis8, (1)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA/NWS National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (3)NOAA, Geospatial Intelligence Division, Office of Water Prediction, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, United States, (4)Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc., Boulder, United States, (5)Upstream Tech, Denver, United States, (6)NOAA/NWS/NWC, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (7)NOAA/NWS/NWC, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (8)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States